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Patricia A. Higgins

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Patricia Higgins

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Program of Research:

• Adult Failure to Thrive
• Long-term Ventilator Patients
• Geriatrics
• Philosophic Inquiry

Research Projects:

• Principal Investigator, "Adult Failure to Thrive in Long-Term Ventilator Patients," National Institute of Nursing Research, National Institutes of Health. RO1 NR05005-01A2, 2001-2005.
• Co-Investigator, "A Comparison of Two Models of Hospice and Palliative Care," Thomas Hornick, MD, Principal Investigator, Geriatric Research and Education Clinical Center (GRECC), Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 2001.
• Co-Principal Investigator, "Using the Computer Patient Record System (CPRS) to Improve Medication Management." Thomas Hornick, MD, Co-PI, VISN 10 Geriatric Research and Education Clinical Center (GRECC), Cleveland Veterans Affairs Medical Center. Pilot Testing, 2004.

Training Projects:

• Core Faculty, "Geriatric Investment Program," Beverly Roberts, Program Director, John A. Hartford Foundation, 2001-2004.
• Member, Evaluation Team, "Academic Careers in Engineering and Science (ACES)." Advance Institutional Transformation Award, NSF, Lynn Singer, Principal Investigator, 2003-2008.

 

Education Interests:

• Nursing Theory
• Philosophic Inquiry
• Research Methodology

 

Educational Background:

• Diploma, Nursing, Henry Ford Hospital School of Nursing, Detroit, MI
• BSN, Nursing, University of Akron, Akron, OH
• MSN, Community Health Nursing, Case Western Reserve University, Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, Cleveland, OH
• PhD, Nursing, Case Western Reserve University, Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, Cleveland, OH

Related Sites:

• ACES
• VISN 10 GRECC
• Chronically Critically Ill (CCI) Research at Case